Year 7 Revision Guide

ONSLOW ST AUDREY’S SCHOOL
YEAR 7
REVISION GUIDE
2015
Year 7 Exam Timetable
Monday
20/04/15
Tuesday
21/04/15
Wednesday
22/04/15
Thursday
23/04/15
Friday
24/04/15
Science
8.50-9.35
45 mins
English
8.50-9.40
50 mins
Maths Paper 2
8.50-9.35
45 mins
BREAK
10.40-10.55am
BREAK
10.40-10.55am
BREAK
10.40-10.55am
BREAK
10.40-10.55am
Geography
11.00-11.40
40 mins
Sport
11.00-11.45
45 mins
Lunch
12.35-1.10
Music
11.00-11.45
45 mins
History
11.50-12.30
40mins
Lunch
12.35-1.10
Lunch
12.35-1.10
Lunch
12.35-1.10
Maths Paper 1
8.50 – 9.35
45 mins
BREAK
10.40-10.55am
French
11.00-11.40
40 mins
Lunch
12.35-1.10
CDE
1.15-2.05
50 mins
Spanish
1.15-1.55
40 mins
When students are not in examinations, they will be in lessons. Where examinations run over two lessons, then the teachers timetabled for the
second lesson will be in the Hall for that period and take students back to their lesson afterwards.
Year 7 Revision Guide
Revision Tips
Revision Tips
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to pass exams, but we can give you lots of tips on how to use
your study time more effectively. This guide has been written to remind students about how to
revise and how to learn. Many of the learning and revision strategies in this booklet are applicable
to KS3 but also to the final examination of a degree level course.
Although this booklet contains superb advice, great tips and fantastic study skills, the guide isn’t as
important as the person reading it – YOU! It is you who have to put them into practice and apply
them to your work. If you do, we’re sure that you will improve your performance and your study
skills. But to get better at something, you have to practise!
So, over to you – happy studying and good luck!
Revision means ‘to look at again’. You need to look at things again as part of learning as well as in
preparation for exams. But we need active ways to do this ‘looking again’.
Revision gives time for reflection and learning. You can start to see the big picture, you can add in
more details and examples. You may discover something you still don’t understand and you can ask
your teacher about it again.
The idea is to revise each major section of your work shortly after you have finished it. For instance,
you could draw a Mind Map of each major topic you cover. Keep the Mind Maps because they will
be very useful for revising before exams.
 HOT TIP: Be active and change the way you think. WHY?
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Revision helps learning
Revision increases your achievement in exams
Achievement in exams gives you wider choices later on
Achievement will make everyone proud of you!
You will feel great!
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Revision Tips
It is important to be positive about yourself because people who think they can do well find it
easier to learn. Think about five things which you felt good about doing – scoring a goal, asking
someone out … think about how you felt when you did those things… …and get yourself into a
positive frame of mind.
 HOT TIP: Get yourself a vision of success. WHEN?
Make sure you know when your exams are. Teachers will revise with you and give you advice about
how much revision to do, what you should revise and many will give you special notes to help with
revising.
Make yourself a revision timetable.
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Fill in leisure, relaxation and family commitments
Put in some sessions that you can devote to revision
Share out the available revision sessions between your subjects
Allow extra sessions if you know some subjects will take longer than others
Vary the subjects – don’t do all your Maths revision on day one!
Here’s an example for one weekend:
Saturday
Sunday
Morning
Football
English
CDE
Morning
Maths
Geography
Lunch at Gran’s
house
Afternoon
Science
Languages
Still at Gran’s
house
Evening
Video
French
History
The ideal length to revise one topic is 25 to 45 minutes.
You remember more at the beginnings and the ends of sessions, so create more beginnings and
ends by stopping for a brief break or doing a brain gym exercise.
 HOT TIP: Stop and start – create brief breaks. WHERE?
The ideal study room is light, airy and quiet, with shelves and a desk. Some people are lucky enough
to have this and enjoy working in it. Don’t worry if you haven’t got this. You can still try to get some
of the elements.
Vary your revision place. It’s a good idea to put up posters, lists and post-it notes in other places in
the house.
Some students find they revise well with friends and it is a good idea to do this sometimes as a bit
of variety and fun.
Ban the television! Television is too distracting, so make sure it is turned off when you are working.
Remember to keep a space in your revision timetable for your favourite programmes.
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Revision Tips
Lots of students find that some background music helps the revision process. Classical music such
as Mozart can help to stimulate your brain waves. Avoid music with lyrics as you are likely to
concentrate on these rather than your work!
 HOT TIP: Don’t forget the Ideal Study Conditions for revision. HOW?
There are three easy steps to doing revision well:
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Change
Challenge
Treats
The first step is to try change. By changing what is in our exercise books or textbooks into a
different form, we kick start our brains into action – we start thinking about new ways of presenting
and digesting the information and start learning.
Ways to change things:
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Outline cards
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Make diagrams
Outline Card
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Labelled drawings
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Time-lines (for history)
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Mind maps
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Charts and flowcharts (for processes)
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Audio tapes (great for languages)
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Mnemonics
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Use colours and highlighters
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Spider Diagram
 HOT TIP: Flick through outline cards before the test
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Revision Tips
We work best when we are faced with a challenge.
Challenge yourself to really sort out a topic that you have found difficult.
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Will taking a new approach and turning it into a chart, diagram or Mind Map help?
Get someone to test you after you have learned something new.
We learn extremely well when we have to teach someone else – why not try teaching
one of your parents, a brother or sister, your grandparents or even your friends?
Get them to ask you questions about what you have just taught them – can you answer
their questions?
 HOT TIP: Believe in yourself – you CAN do it!
Don’t forget to allow yourself some treats. Break up your revision sessions and plan some treats to
look forward to: fruit, chocolate, a drink, ten minutes in the garden, glancing at a magazine, going
for a walk…whatever will motivate you.
Remember, breaking up your revision gives you more stops and starts and more stops and starts
increase your learning.
Relaxation is important to help you stop feeling the pressure of exams and getting stressed. Find a
simple technique that works for you and practice using it when you are stressed or can’t sleep.
Have you tried any of these?
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A warm bath
Visualising yourself passing the test
Brain gym exercises
Stroking a pet
Deep breathing
Meditating
Going for a walk
Asking someone to give you a head massage
Yoga
Losing yourself in some soft music?
 HOT TIP: Feed your brain! Fresh fruit, water, fish and vegetables give you brain power!
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Year 7 Revision Guide
Creativity Design & Enterprise
Creativity, Design & Enterprise
For this exam you will need a pen, pencil, rubber and ruler
The CDE examination will:
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Last for 50 minutes
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Be taken in the Hall
Revision:
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To support your revision you may wish to photocopy or photograph pages from your
journal/folders
Your teacher may suggest other resources eg the CDE website, shared area or the
internet
Topics to be covered are:
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Design process
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Pillar Drill – Use and safety
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Health and safety in the workshop
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Hygiene , health and safety in the food room
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Analysing famous portraits
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Annotation
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Key words used in art projects
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Business branding
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Colour Theory
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Year 7 Revision Guide
English & Modern Foreign Languages
English
Writing Exam
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In the table below are the AFs (Assessment Foci) for your English exam.
Choose from the independent revision activities to practise the skills required for each AF.
Exam Length
45 minutes
(10 minutes
planning time/
35 minutes
writing time)
Skills Assessed
AF1 – writing
imaginative,
interesting and
thoughtful texts
AF3 – organising
and presenting
your text
effectively
AF5 – varying
sentences for
clarity, purpose
and effect
AF6 – writing
with accurate
punctuation
Independent Revision Activities
• Create a character in your head: write down 10
interesting adjectives (describing words) which
accurately describe your character (e.g. furious,
energetic, miserable, etc.)
• Complete ‘The Thief of Always’ creative writing activity
sheet on the ‘Revision – KS3’ page of the English Faculty
website.
• List the different reasons you would start a new
paragraph. You should come up with at least five
• Complete the ‘Organising and Paragraphing’ activity
sheet on the ‘Revision – KS3’ page of the English Faculty
website
• Write a short start to a story where you use a series of
short sentences to build suspense.
• Complete the ‘Varying Sentences’ activity sheet on the
‘Revision – KS3’ page of the English Faculty website
• Write a paragraph, using all of the following forms of
punctuation: ! ? : - . , “ ( ) …
• Complete the ‘Using Punctuation Effectively’ activity
sheet on the ‘Revision – KS3’ page of the English Faculty
website.
Have you visited the English Faculty
website yet? Key Stage 3 students
must use accurate punctuation and
grammar to achieve a Level 5 or above
in their exam
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Year 7 Revision Guide
English & Modern Foreign Languages
French
You need to learn all the vocabulary covered in class (plus any other vocabulary you have looked up
that is related to the topics).
TOPICS
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MEETING AND GREETING
NUMBERS 1–30
YOUR NAME AND AGE
MA TROUSSE: How to say what you have in your pencil case
SPORTS AND HOBBIES: How to say what sports and hobbies you like and dislike and why
using a variety of adjectives
PETS and COLOURS: How to say how many pets you have and to describe them using
colours. Give your opinion about them
MA FAMILLE: How to say how many brothers, sisters, cousins etc you have and how old
they are. Describe your relatives using il and elle
J’HABITE: How to say what type of house you live in and whereabouts it is
HOW TO LEARN THE VOCABULARY:
Look - Say - Cover - Write - Check: Look at the word and its meaning, Say the word to
yourself, Cover it up, Write it down, Check it.
Sticky Notes: Put post it notes around your bedroom on places where you look regularly
(e.g. mirror in bathroom).
Language Links: Is the word like English? Does it remind you of another word?
Vocabulary Ranking: List new vocab from the easy ones to the most difficult. Spend most
time learning the most difficult one.
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Year 7 Revision Guide
English & Modern Foreign Languages
Spanish
TOPIC
MEETING &
GREETING
LEARNING OUTCOME
To be able to say your name, ask
someone’s name, greeting
someone and asking how someone
is
NUMBERS 1–31
To be able to talk about your age
and ask someone else’s age
DAYS OF THE WEEK To be able to talk about dates and
& MONTHS
birthdays
COUNTRIES &
NATIONALITIES
To be able to talk about countries
and nationalities
FAMILY
To be able to talk about the
members of your family. Saying
their names and ages
To be able to name pets and
describe them. To be able to form
the plural form. Using adjectives
PETS & COLOURS
PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTIONS
To be able to describe yourself and
others
SCHOOL
To be able to express likes and
dislikes
To be able to give opinions
KEY VOCABULARY
Hola/ ¿qué tal?/ ¿cómo estás?/
¿cómo te llamas?/me llamo.../bien/
mal/ regular/ fatal/ adiós
¿cuántos años tienes?/ tengo …
años/ tiene ... años/ números 1–31
¿cuándo es tu cumpleaños?/ mi
cumpleaños es el ... de .../
enero, febrero, etc/ lunes, martes,
miércoles, etc
¿de dónde eres?/ soy de España/
¿cuál es tu nacionalidad?/ soy
español(a), inglés(a), etc/
mi madre se llama.../ mi padre tiene
... años.
¿tienes un animal en casa?/ sí tengo
.../ no tengo .../ caballo(s), gata(s),
etc/ ¿de qué color es/son? Es
blanco/ son negras, etc
¿de qué color es tu pelo?/ ¿de qué
color son tus ojos?/ tengo/tiene el
pelo rubio/ tengo/tiene los ojos
marrones.
¿Te gusta(n)? (No) Me gusta(n)/ me
encanta(n)/ odio... la historia, etc
Porque es/ son aburrida(s),
interesante(s), etc
Remember to use espanolextra
User name: onslow15
Password: onspanish
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Humanities & Music
Geography
You need to be able to show a good understanding of the following topics, and know the key words
and definitions within each topic.
Geographical skills
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You need to be able to read 4 and 6 figure grid references (useful website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/geographical_enquiry/geographical_skills/revisio
n/5/)
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France
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You need to know your compass points
You need to be able to describe where Hatfield is using places close by e.g. Hatfield is
south of Stevenage)
Learn where the 7 continents are on a world map
Learn the world’s oceans
Use a key on a map to work out what the symbols mean
Use a scale to measure distances.
You need to be able to label a map of France showing the seas/ocean, the rivers:
Garonne, Seine, Loire and the Rhone, the capital city Paris and the two main mountain
ranges the Alps and the Pyrenees
Levels
Level 3
State
Level 4
Recognise
Level 5
Describe
AF1 – Knowledge &
Understanding of Places
State the features of different places and
give basic reasons for the locations of those
features
Recognise the physical and human features
of places and recognise the importance of
where they are in the world
Describe the physical and human features
of places, relating it to where they are in
the world
AF4 – Skills & Enquiry
Use skills and sources to answer a
range of geographical questions
Use a range of geographical skills to
help investigate places and
environments
Suggest relevant questions and use
appropriate ways of presenting
information
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Year 7 Revision Guide
Humanities & Music
History
There are three main topics that you should revise:
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The Tudors — who they were and how they ruled
The Tudors and religious changes
Elizabeth and threats to her throne.
The areas you need to ‘revisit’ are:
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Who the Tudors were, what their religion was and how they ruled.
How Elizabeth managed threats to her throne — Mary Queen of Scots and The Spanish
Armada.
You will also need to remember how to analyse sources of evidence. For this, you must remember
the ‘checklist’:
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What is the source? (picture/photograph/quotation/writing/artefact/diary, etc.)
Is there a date/ is it primary (from the time) or secondary (after the time of the
event/person’s life)
Who wrote it/how can we tell, e.g., is it signed?
What is the motive/purpose (to inform/ persuade/misinform, etc.)?
Who is it aimed at (the public/private use/a particular group)?
How do we know if it is useful or not? Can we rely on the information we get from the
source and does it fit in with other things we know about the period of history?
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Year 7 Revision Guide
Humanities & Music
Music
In year 7 you will be examined on Pulse and Rhythm, Basic Notation, the Pentatonic Scale, the
ukulele, and general musical terms.
Pulse and Rhythm
Revise and practice Cat, Monkey, Caterpillar, Anteater and Elephant rhythms.
Practice drawing them out on rhythm staves like this:
Basic Notation
Revise where the notes live on the stave (notes in the space spell face etc)
Practice drawing the notes in the correct place and naming them.
The pentatonic scale
Revise the pentatonic scale of C major. CDEGA
Practice drawing the notes in the pentatonic scale and revise the melody we have learned as a
class.
The Ukulele
Revise the chords below. Practice playing them, reading and drawing the chord diagrams.
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Year 7 Revision Guide
Mathematics
Mathematics
Year 7 Sets 1–4
Year 7 Set 5
Negative numbers
Sequences
Fractions
BIDMAS
Percentages
Ratios
Averages - mean, median, mode and range
Probability
Solving Equations, all types
Expand and simplify
Simplifying expressions
Factorisation
Perimeter/Area with Algebra
Multiples, Factors and Prime Numbers
Proportion
Money
Angles - Names
Calculating Angles
Area - counting method
Area of all shapes
Calculating Angles along a straight line, about a
point
Calculating Angles in a Triangle and
Quadrilateral
Calculating angles with Parallel Lines
Properties of all Polygons
Function Machines
Area and Circumference of a Circle
Similar Triangles
Adding and Subtracting
Multiplying and Dividing
Negative Numbers
Square numbers
BIDMAS
Simplifying expression in algebra
Substitution
Sequences
Time
Types of Angles
Calculating angles along a straight Line
Area - Counting method
Area of a Rectangle
Pictograms
Bar Charts
Averages - Mean, Median, Mode and Range
Fractions
Money
Function machines
Solving Equations
Properties of Shapes
Angles in a triangle
Measuring lengths and angles
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Year 7 Revision Guide
Science Sport & Health
Science
All students in year 7 will complete a one hour science exam to assess their attainment and
achievement over the academic year.
The exam will cover everything your child has learned in year 7, written practical skills will also be
covered.
The exam is comprised of SAT questions so will prepare the students for their end of KS3 exams.
Revision Topics
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Cells, the building blocks of life
Eating, drinking and breathing
Mixing, dissolving and separating
Elements, compounds and reactions
Forces and their effects
Revision Tools
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KS3 revision guides
BBC Bitesize
All students should be completing a minimum of one hour revision a week in addition to their
normal science homework.
If you have questions or concerns then please contact your child’s subject teacher.
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Science Sport & Health
Physical Education
All students in year 7 will complete a 45 minute written PE exam to assess their attainment and
achievement over the academic year.
The exam will cover everything your child has learned in their PE lessons.
Revision Topics
All
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Boys ONLY
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Girls ONLY
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Health related Fitness (HRF)/
Preparation for exercise
Football
Gymnastics.
Basketball
Handball.
Dance
Netball.
Sports Leadership
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Skills and characteristics of sports leaders
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Skill drill scenario.
Revision Tools
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Revise key words
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Revise teaching points for specific skills learned in lessons
e.g., the teaching points for a chest pass
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Look at displays around school to help
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Use the internet to revise different sports.
Students should be doing revision for at least one hour a week.
If you have questions or concerns then please contact your child’s subject teacher.
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